Affection

Af`fec´tion

n.	1.	The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
	2.	An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies. And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house. - Tennyson.
	3.	Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object or quality. - Cogan.
	4.	A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; - often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. - Macaulay.
	5.	Prejudice; bias.
	6.	(Med.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
	7.	The lively representation of any emotion.
	8.	Affectation.
	9.	Passion; violent emotion. Most wretched man, That to affections does the bridle lend. - Spenser.

Noun

affection - a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"

Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, warmheartedness, tenderness, heart

AFFECTION, contracts. The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assure the payment of a sum of money, or the discharge of some other duty or service. Techn. Diet.

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